Brigitta Muntendorf (1982-)
PLAY ME back and forth, pour voix, ensemble et électronics

Ole Hübner (1993-)
Lied mit Chor "Nachtigall mit Melodei", pour voix, Ensemble, quadriphonie et live electronics

Stefan Prins (1979-)
Hände ohne Orte, pour clarinette, batterie, piano préparé, violoncelle et bandes

Matthias Kranebitter (1980-)
Stack overflow, Exploiting 24 Preludes, pour clarinette basse, violoncelle, cithare électrique, claviers, batterie et electronics

Leopold Hurt (1979-)
Dissociated Press, pour récitant, ensemble et bandes

Ensemble Decoder

Frauke Aulbert, voix
Leopold Hurt, cithare électrique
Andrej Koroliov, claviers
Carola Schaal, clarienttes
Sonja Lena Schmid, violoncelle
Alexander Schubert, lumière, son, électronics
Jonathan Shapiro, batterie, percussion

Big Data – the title reveals the defining themes of this recording! The Decoder Ensemble considers the possibilities and consequences of the limitless availability of media in the digital age. All of the pieces here focus in different ways on common contemporary practices like remixing, copying & pasting, sampling, and recycling. An involvement with these techniques is natural for the members of Decoder, three of whom are themselves composers. The group, founded in 2011, calls itself a “band for contemporary music” and is actively involved in the newest musical developments and trends including electronics, computer techniques, multimedia, and elements of pop and rock music. The idea for this CD grew out of the group’s “Big Data Weekend”. According to clarinetist Carola Schaal, this was a small festival “organized in 2017 by the Decoder Ensemble for which the group commissioned eight works deal¬ing with the theme of remix. We chose several of those works for this CD, as well as a piece by Brigitta Muntendorf that seems to us to fit perfectly with the others.”